While in the shop, we toured her German Christmas Museum which included a collection of beautiful 6 foot tall German Pyramid’s.

Surprisingly, we left the Christmas Shop empty handed. Like all budget backpackers, we decided to try Rothenburg’s famous treat: the Schneeballen instead of purchasing a $10 ornament.

The Schneeballen is basically a deep-fried pastry that tastes like oily, hard pie dough. Tastes as good as it sounds. Here’s Sandra in front of the store holding one of the pricy things.

After trying to eat it plain, Hubs soaked the Schneeballen in tea. Didn’t help.

Blast. We should have purchased a pyramid! (At that time, the small 10 inch tall ones would have only been around USD80. Bargain!)

December 2011

While we were living in JiuJiang, I became good friends with Elena whose husband worked in Germany. For Christmas that year, he mailed a package from Germany which, to our surprise, included special gifts for our family. We were so delighted that he sent a small, traditional German Pyramid.